mug prices

updated wed 28 sep 05

David Hendley on wed 15 mar 00

Sure, I want to make a living, but I don't feel the need
to standardize how much I earn from each hour in the
pottery shop.
I know my 'pay scale' goes down for mug production.
Maybe I'm not doing something right, but it takes me
3 times as long to add a handle as to make a mug shape.
And I'm not about to attach a crappy but expedient
extruded handle.

In my mind, it just seems out-of-kilter, and off-putting to
customers to offer for sale a teacup (handle-less mug)
for $12, and then price a handled mug at $30 or $40.
Like it or not, many people are very 'price sensitive' about
mugs, but don't care if a vase is $50 or $100.
No big deal, it all works out. Make 'high pay scale' items
the next day.

elizabeth priddy on fri 17 mar 00

extruded handles don't have to be "crappy"...

I spent a lot of design energy in making four
designs for handles that fit my aesthetic and
fit the hand remarkably well. I made the die
for them all and use all four. I don't ~enjoy~
pulling handles and only do it for large
pitcher shapes. I do it well and my pitchers
are balanced, but I just don't like it...

I also, btw, have seen some really atrocious
extruded handles and wonder why anyone would
bother if that is what they are going to
generate. It takes some time to personalize
your extruder to make things that are
interesting and not just the "shit from the kit"
as I have heard it called, but it can be done.

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:45:00 David Hendley wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Sure, I want to make a living, but I don't feel the need
>to standardize how much I earn from each hour in the
>pottery shop.
>I know my 'pay scale' goes down for mug production.
>Maybe I'm not doing something right, but it takes me
>3 times as long to add a handle as to make a mug shape.
>And I'm not about to attach a crappy but expedient
>extruded handle.
>
>In my mind, it just seems out-of-kilter, and off-putting to
> customers to offer for sale a teacup (handle-less mug)
>for $12, and then price a handled mug at $30 or $40.
>Like it or not, many people are very 'price sensitive' about
>mugs, but don't care if a vase is $50 or $100.
>No big deal, it all works out. Make 'high pay scale' items
>the next day.
>
>--
>David Hendley
>Maydelle, Texas
>hendley@tyler.net
>http://www.farmpots.com/
>

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Earl Krueger on mon 26 sep 05

On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 17:44 -0700, claybair wrote:
> I'll test them in Tucson also.
> So tackling something I disliked and was resisting has paid off........
> Hmmmm maybe I run for some political office........

Wait a minute. Yes, I can see it all now....

Yes, Ms. Mayor. No, Ms. Mayor.
Yes Ms. Mayor, Tuscon is prepared in case of a disaster.
I'll get the President on the line right away for you, Ms. Mayor.
Yes, Ms. Mayor, the City Council has banned lead glazes in Tuscon.

--
earl k...
bothell, wa, usa

Taylor from Rockport on mon 26 sep 05

Gayle

You should be charging at least 20 bucks for those carved beauties. Trust
me on this. Good to see you aren't selling yourself short. Can't imagine
you selling one of your mugs for 8 bucks. Heaven and the government forbid.

Taylor still in Rockport, hot, hot Rockport

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:44:19 -0700, claybair wrote:

>Recently there was a thread about mug prices.
>One posting told a tale of being asked to reduce the price of
>a mug to $12 or $8 or some equally ridiculous price.

...

The prices are
>$18, $24 & $28. No one has batted an eye at the prices
>and I've sold several sets of them. Maybe it's the area,
>the thick wallets or they are being recognized as something
>available in Wal-Mart or Target? I'll test them in Tucson also.
...

claybair on mon 26 sep 05

Recently there was a thread about mug prices.
One posting told a tale of being asked to reduce the price of
a mug to $12 or $8 or some equally ridiculous price.
Others relayed difficulties with selling at reasonable prices.
I have been on my mug quest for about a month I stopped counting
how many I've made so far. I decided not to low ball the pricing
as I cannot "knock" them out. I am streamlining the process but
the sgraffito technique takes time.
I'm testing them at the local farmers market and
so far they have become pretty popular. The prices are
$18, $24 & $28. No one has batted an eye at the prices
and I've sold several sets of them. Maybe it's the area,
the thick wallets or they are being recognized as something
available in Wal-Mart or Target? I'll test them in Tucson also.
So tackling something I disliked and was resisting has paid off........
Hmmmm maybe I run for some political office........
ACKKKK did I really say that
Yuk, Pitooey, Ecky, Ecky, Ecky!